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Enclosure in An Cluain

Enclosure

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In low-lying farmland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 36m); on the 1921 edition the interior is planted with trees. No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA123-034

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